Install npm on Ubuntu 16.04

Today we gonna talk about how to install npm on Ubuntu 16.04. Npm is a JavaScript package manager which can be used to install, share, and distribute code as well as to manage dependencies in your projects. It is written entirely in JavaScript as an inspiration from the other similar projects like PEAR for PHP, or CPAN for Perl. Installing npm on Ubuntu 16.04 is an easy task, just follow the steps below and you should have npm running on Ubuntu 16.04 in less than 10 minutes.

1. Connect via SSH and Upgrade your System

The very first thing you need to do, before installing npm is to connect to your Linux VPS via SSH and upgrade your system software to the latest version available. You can do that by executing the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

The upgrade process could take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on the software that needs to be upgraded. Once your system is up to date, you can proceed with the other steps of this tutorial.

Using the commands “npm -l” and “npm faq” will give most new users the basic knowledge they need to start using npm. And that’s all that’s needed for installation – you have now successfully installed npm on Ubuntu 16.04. The npm documentation is available at https://docs.npmjs.com/.

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